Oberon World Fantasy Map

• The biggest project I've ever done, and that I'm still doing. I wrote, illustrated, did the editorial design, mapwork, self-published, created merchandise, and made a promo video for an epic fantasy story: Children of War. Currently available on amazon.
• This project was done in a mix between Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.

• The map went through several iterations before reaching this final conclusion. While writing the book, I quickly realized I needed a map to help locate the various cities, mountain ranges, rivers and forests, but the first drafts of the map were almost comically geometric.

• This was the first version. I had some notion of where I wanted the continents to go, but the large landmass to the right was terribly rectangular.

• Either way, the map served it's purpose, as it helped me put down the landmarks needed for me to finish the first book.

• Version two had more visual interest, and the island regions were improved to resemble clusters instead of floating breadcrumbs on a pond. Still, I didn't address the continents geometry until the final version, as seen above.

• Also, fun fact, the first draft of the world of Oberon was based around the country of Portugal; where I'm from. I felt like it would be a fitting homage to the place I love the most.